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Roots: My Flesh And Blood

Original title: Juured: Mu liha ja veri

2018 | Documentary | Director: Heilika Pikkov

This is a story about love and loss. About my flesh and blood.

My grandmother and grandfather were married in 1959. 50 years later, they once again stand at an altar to reaffirm their oath from long ago. Now, they know when to stand up for themselves and when to be quiet. When to forgive and when to let go. And they also know there isn’t much time left. This is a story about love and loss. About my flesh and blood.
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Whitsunday At Tammealuse

Original title: Suvisted Tammealusel

2015 | Nature, Anthropological, Documentary | Director: Rein Maran

Every year local people and their guests gather at Grove of Tammealuse in Samma Village, Viru County, for Whitsunday festivities to celebrate the beginning of summer.

Every year local people and their guests gather at Grove of Tammealuse in Samma Village, Viru County, for Whitsunday festivities to celebrate the beginning of summer. Whitsunday is known in folk memory as an important holiday for country folk and merry spring holiday that has been celebrated in Estonia through the ages to greet the arriving summer. Whitsunday (or Whitsun, Whit) involved many traditional preparatory activities - tidying the home and its surroundings, decorating with birches, going to the sauna. The celebration itself took place at the nearest sacred Grove, where a swing was set up and a bonfire made. ...
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Independence

2011 | Documentary, Students film | Director: Oscar Henri Wollsten
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Palju õnne!

2004 | Documentary | Director: Urmas Eero Liiv
Helga and Enn Nõu Celebrate Their Birthdays on September 21, 1991

Title in Estonian: Helga ja Enn Nõu ühine sünnipäevapidu 21.09.1991

1991 | Newsreel, Amateur films | Director:

Helga and Enn Nõu celebrate their birthdays on September 21, 1991.

Helga and Enn Nõu celebrate their birthdays in their home Askvägen. Among the guests there are daughters Laine and Liia, son Heino, Enn's parents Joosep and Alide and other family members. First they talk in Swedish, then in Estonian. Enn Nõu says that Estonia is an independent country now.
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Midsummer's Day in Tuna near Uppsala

Title in Estonian: Jaanipäev Uppsala lähistel Tunas

1991 | Newsreel, Amateur films | Director:

Enn's father Joosep Nõu recalls his childhood during the preparations for the Midsummer's Eve celebrations. Performance of folk dancers in Tuna on June 21, 1991.

Helga and Enn Nõu visiting Enn's parents and preparing for the Midsummer's Eve celebrations. Joosep Nõu recalls events from his childhood; his father and relatives; the people of Muhu island who went to the mainland; accommodating Russian sailors. Alide and Helga have set the festive table. Folk dancers are performing in the central ground of Tuna.
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Saaremaa Islandersʹ Society 35th Anniversary Party (1)

Title in Estonian: Saarlaste Ühing Torontos 35.aastapäeva pidu (1)

1991 | Newsreel, Amateur films | Director:

Celebration of the 35th anniversary of Saaremaa Islanders' Society in Toronto, 1991.

Saaremaa Islanders' Society was the oldest society of expatriate Estonians in Canada who initiated the construction of Toronto Estonian House. At the festive celebration of the 35th anniversary of the society the following people hold their speeches: Voldemar Gustavson, head of the Saaremaa Islanders' Society; Ilmar Heinsoo, the Honorary Consul of Estonia in Canada; Johannes Vihma, entrepreneur and the Finnish Boy; Edgar Link, head of the Hiiumaa Islanders' Society; and Robert Kreem, social scientist and founder of ESTO. Priest Emanuel Lepik talks about Aadu Kingissepp (Viktor Kingissepp's grandfather and a blacksmith from Kuressaare) and his family who promoted being an ...
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Saaremaa Islandersʹ Society 35th Anniversary Party (2)

Title in Estonian: Saarlaste Ühing Torontos 35. aastapäeva pidu (2)

1991 | Newsreel, Amateur films | Director:

Festive celebration of the 35th anniversary of the Saaremaa Islanders' Society in Toronto in 1991.

Saaremaa Islanders' Society was the oldest society of expatriate Estonians in Canada who initiated the construction of Toronto Estonian House. Priest Emanuel Lepik holds a speech at the festive anniversary event in Toronto Estonian House. Mixed choir of expatriate Estonians is performing. Heli Lääts forwards the greeting from Tallinn Saaremaa Islanders' Society that has been composed by Juhan Peegel. Heli Lääts sings, being accompanied by Peeter Saul on the piano.
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Laine's 30th Birthday in Askvägen, 1990

Title in Estonian: Laine 30. sünnipäev Askvägenil 1990

1990 | Newsreel, Amateur films | Director:

Celebration of Laine's 30th birthday in Askvägen on June 16, 1990.

Laine's birthday party in the Nõu family's home in Askvägen on June 16, 1990. Among the guests are brother Heino and sister Liia with their partners; relatives and friends of the family. Laine opens the presents, three ceramic cat figures. Birthday song "May you live" in Estonian, also other birthday songs in Swedish and English. Clinking glasses. Lively conversation in Swedish at the party table. There are plenty of house plants and artworks on the wall in the Nõu family's home.
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Midsummer's Eve in Altja in 1990

Title in Estonian: Jaanilaupäev Altjal 1990

1990 | Newsreel, Amateur films | Director:

Midsummer's Eve in the swing ground at Altja village in 1990. People are making music, sitting and listening. Young people are swinging with the village swing.

Midsummer's Eve in the swing ground at Altja village in 1990. People are making music, sitting and listening. Young people are swinging with the village swing.
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